Ok, I’ve never tried opium, but something tells me petting a kitty while being high would feel marvelous.
Here is another one from Paris:
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2026
319 points (99.1% liked)
cats
28814 readers
210 users here now
Typical internet cats. Videos, pics, memes, and discussion welcome!
Rule 1) Be kind
Rule 2) Follow the lemmy.world rules
other cat communities
birds, some cats
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Not for the kitty it wouldn't. The poor thing in that photo clearly wants to get the hell outta there.
Uh, no. If that cat didn't want to be there, it wouldn't fuckin' be there. Dude's high AF on opium, he couldn't stop that cat if he wanted to and it would be a bad idea for him to try it in any case.
You can't possibly make that assessment from a still photo.
No shit. The dude's hand is not clenched. Kitty has a funny face, but he doesn't seem tensed.
The man probably just held on to the kitty while slightly rolling to get a hit. Then when he is done he would have probably roll out more even and give the cat appropriate chin scritches.
Kitty looks fine. They don't stay in situations they're not comfortable in.
Maybe it was the Victorian-era flash going off in a dark opium den that freaked the kitty out?
You're projecting, that cat is high AF from second hand opium, he doesn't wanna go aaannnnyyywhere
...
And we now know catnip acts on opioid receptors in their brains, so it makes sense to me that this cat would want to stay her and chill sans 1800s flash like u/homes mentioned
Wait, we know that catnip works on opiate receptors in their brains?
I wonder how it hits them, and if it hits other receptors. I always figured cats have special crazy receptors that makes them look like they see ghosts when they get in a mood, and catnip works on that.
Plenty of other plants will hit opiate receptors kind of sideways while it's main action is elsewhere, iboga for instance but there are others.
The reason to feel bad for the kitty is that it's most likely there because it gets a contact high from the opium. Which is just depressing.